World ocean currents map
Velella - Planktonic VesselsColonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea.
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)
Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Pelagia - Fearsome JellyfishMauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
